Israel uses Facebook to reach out to Iraqis
The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs has launched a Facebook page to strengthen the Iraqi-Israeli relationship.
Israel’s efforts to reach out to Iraqis resulted in the May 6 launch of the Israeli Foreign Ministry Facebook page “Israel in the Iraqi Dialect.” The page is an attempt to “create bridges of communication and dialogue between the Israeli and the Iraqi people and to promote feelings of affinity and rapprochement.”
The Israeli Foreign Ministry said the page was launched given the “growing sympathy for Israel among the Iraqi population as a sense of nostalgia for the Jewish community that contributed to the development of modern Iraq and was forced to leave the country.”
Iraqi citizens expressed interest in the digital page. One visitor to the page, Ali AlKassar, wrote in a comment, “Iraq lost Jews because they had great economic capabilities and great minds.”
Facebook user Mustafa Afandi even wrote, “I am an Iraqi from Basra and I wish to visit Israel.”
